Conspiracy Theories: Our need for paranoia or ...?

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Posted: 13 years ago
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It is amazing how much we love conspiracy theories and find it difficult to accept something that is straight-forward and logical.

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BB is Scripted:
Even after seeing the live-feed and seeing the happenings of the house 24x7 we want to believe that the show is scripted and everything happens for the sake of TRPs.

Is it possible for people to put on an act 24x7? If these people are such good actors why don't we hire them all in our movies and sweep away all the Oscars, Emmys, Film Festivals etc.?

Auditions/Evictions are pre-planned: Even after knowing that the voting is being audited by one of the best agencies in the world and that the results are available for scrutiny by a third-party we insist on things like - XYZ is known to Salman and that's why s/he is in. ABC misbehaved with Salman so they're going to be evicted this week.

Knowing what a cesspool BB House is, do you think anybody would recommend their friends to be part of the house? I would call such a person an enemy not a friend. Besides there are 3 film producers within Salman's own family and numerous other producers who work solely with the actor. If Salman wanted to promote someone wouldn't he recommend the person to those producers rather than taking this route? Yeh toh naak pakadne ke liye kaan pakadne wali baat ho gayi.

Secondly why would Endemol listen to Salman? After all Salman is only a host. He's not even the Brand Ambassador for the show. They are in it for the money not to oblige a host. In 6 seasons there have been 5 other hosts too. So does every host get this much power? We don't say KBC winners are hand-picked by Amitabh do we?

Callers are Production people:
Now this is the funniest conspiracy theory I've heard because it assumes that only those select few who are part of this forum have any intelligence whatsoever.

Of course when the entire nation sees Sampat lying through her teeth, no one but the members of this forum would've thought to ask her that question. So the PH had to put in a fake caller.

Of course not a single person in the country wanted to ask Siddhu why he was messing up the game show.

Though I fail to understand why someone would want to compliment Urvashi on her skin regimen or her dressing style when there are other interesting things happening. If I was part of the PH I would've asked her about her fight with Rajev that week instead of "AApki khubsoorti ka raaz".

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Fact is that we are used to controversies and conspiracy theories. We want to believe that everything has an ulterior motive behind it. We want to see the strings behind the puppet show otherwise we cannot enjoy the play in front of us. Somewhere there is that feeling that we are being taken for a ride - be it the govt. or the company we work for or our own personal relationships - we cannot see anything as simple as it appears to be. And to me that is the sad part. That we are giving in to this mass paranoia.

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Posted: 13 years ago
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Great post...the big assumption was sapna will be thrown out, because she had a spat with SALMAN...

Sampat ji ke case mein...bb ne edit kiya...nai maanana tha ki sampy ji jhoot bhi Bol sakti hain...nai ji, yeh kaise ho sakta hai...

Jab koi ladai jhagada nai tha toh complain thi ladte nai yeh log, ab ladte hain toh bb ne ladai lagwa di...bb ne tilli maari...bhadkna na bhadkna contestants k hath mein tha...


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Posted: 13 years ago
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Ditto for all you have said. It is sad. Sad that we give in to the paranoia and sad that some of us realize it's not about pleasing Salman but all about the money for the channel, we are labelled as "blind fans".
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Here is the ANALOGY -----the CRICKET matches can be fixed ---that doesn't mean every ball that a bowler balls ---or kind of shot batsman plays is FIXED ----they just fix certain critical events ---so the RESULTS are in their FAVOUR --and same goes with this SHOW --@ 😊


BB can NOT be scripted entirely ----but it is possible to manipulate few events or even script them on a very HIGH LEVEL @

Do you believe that SARA- ALI really married on the show ? @@ All the marriage preparations made by SHOW were not pre-planned and they arranged everything at the LAST MOMENT? @ Why did they send ALI in the first place ------? @@ ---- SEE with such events, it is very clear about CHANNEL's motive to GET TRPs ---@ by scripting high level events / @ BEFORE ALI even entered the house, channel must have known that it was a marriage case - /@

There are several such examples ---@@

Now why was Aseem's eviction news already OUT with RPI protesting and channel agreeing to demands @ --- / Last time, when SHIV SENA demanded eviction of a Pakistani contestant in BB4 , they sent BEGUM back immediately --------so I don't understand why they leave voting lines open in such cases @ --- / EVEN mehek's re-entry in BB5 sounded suspicious ---@ /

SALMAN is today the biggest superstar in entertainment industry --so channel twist some events to suit his needs @ -- SALMAN is liked by all age groups ---and him hosting this show is a BIG THING @ ----

I am not sure about THOSE VODAFONE calls -----i usually SKIP that part on the show @ --- /

I don't agree that show is SCRIPTED as in dialogues and events -----BUT they can MANIPULATE some events to make show more interesting @ ---

AND YES --one of the BIG4 firms (its used E& Y last time) does audit the votes ---but they take random evidences for auditing ---THEY DON'T audit every VOTE ---

SO YES, show isn't scripted as such -----but there is nothing wrong in QUESTIONING something suspicious on the show ----rather than just blindly believing in everything 🤔------/ @@



Edited by --GODFATHER-- - 13 years ago
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Posted: 13 years ago
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@GF

Of course the show is scripted - The part that we see on the daily episode is part of the script that the editorial team has in mind. That is how the channel would get the TRPs and sponsorships.


We see Dolly - Shweta fights but like Shweta herself said that the very same evening Dolly went and apologized to Shweta - we never saw that. So next day when Shweta was cordial we could allege that Shweta is acting or two-faced.

They never showed us the footage of all the housemates playing Kabaddi in the evenings, in season 4 (another disclosure of ST)

Sara-Ali marriage was obviously fixed. So was Aryan Vaid's romance with Anupama Verma.

Where the auditing of the votes is concerned the process cannot be random selection. There is big money riding on who stays in and who goes out. So far the most boring candidates every week have been evicted.

Kashif - quiet after one Friday - Evicted
Sayantani - quiet after being unfairly nominated in the Face Off - Evicted
Aseem - quiet despite entreaties from Salman - even in midst of Election Melee that should've been his forte - Evicted

Isn't it simple and straight-forward? They have over 350 hours of footage to go through every day. They are going to pick the 5 minutes that give them the maximum masala.

I've maintained from the beginning that Aseem would be the one evicted this week, not because of political pressure but because he was not giving the requisite entertainment.
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Someone who is calling from Delhi is working on the sets on BB in Lonavala for Colors/Endemol and also on the sets of KBC in Filmcity, Mumbai for Sony/Big Synergy? What a joke. Do you even know how these things work?

Someone who is working for one production house or channel may not simultaneously work for another production house or channel.

Logistically it is 5 hour drive one way from one set to another. Unless the person who claims to be your friend and is working on both the sets is taking a helicopter ride to and from both sets, that would be kind of difficult.
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Posted: 13 years ago
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1) Many ex-contestants have supported the claim that BB calls them/others inside the BB room and gives them instructions. Its semi-scripted.

2) That practice stopped after season 3. No external auditing firm is involved with BB or Colors anymore.

3) That's hardly a conspiracy theory. Its a likely scenario. When Sidhu had issues with BB the caller called siding with BB. When Sampat had issues with BB the caller again called siding with BB.

Also if people noticed, Sampat's convo with BB was voiced over. How did this caller know so much more that the average viewing public.

Conspiracy theories are fun, but none of these are. They all have hard facts to make them extremely likely scenarios.


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Posted: 13 years ago
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Agree with all points except one. The callers ARE production people.
Edited by cl0wn - 13 years ago
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Posted: 13 years ago
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I also agree with the view that callers are production / known people...a show of this nature will never take blind calls !!!!

The calls are also distributed among contestants ...
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Nopes the PH/Channel cannot be involved in these "blind calls" because they have that clause that the caller cannot be related to anyone working for the channel blah blah blah. This is an international standard that all have to follow.

I believe that the callers are picked not by the PH or the channel but by the sponsors - Vodafone. They have to have some returns for sponsoring this show. This is the time when quite a few people switch to Vodafone due to the popularity of the show.

The way it works would be that Vodafone picks a random number from its subscriber base and gives them an opportunity to pose the question.

But yes let's not assume that the rest of the nation doesn't want to pose the same question. We are all seeing the same things and we all wanted to ask the same question didn't we?

@Kikkumal - Even with media companies there is an exclusivity contract. Someone who is working on one show cannot work on another. Let alone the exclusivity contract, the workload on a single show is so much that no one can be involved in both.

Yes there would be insider info that we are not privy to. And a lot of high-level machinations, however, while not everything is straight-forward, not everything is contrived too.


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